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†The provost and bailies of Edinburgh promised to give in their reasons against the article for changing the session tomorrow.
Act ordaining the sheriffs and collectors of taxation to be liable only to produce horning, appoints the sheriff, stewart, bailie, collectors of taxations and their deputes and clerks to attend in the tolbooth at the head burgh between 9 o'clock and 4 o'clock after noon the ordinary court days for the space of one month after the term of payment of the taxation. And who shall not pay his taxation within the said space, his lands shall be poinded for the taxation, and for three shillings of each pound in addition to the taxation, which shall be due to sheriffs, stewarts, bailies etc. for their attendance, pains and expenses in collecting the taxation.
Act ordaining the commissioners of shires to draw lots and valentines yearly at each parliament for their places read, voted and passed in articles.
Act regarding the discharge of the register of comprisings, Master William Hay declared that if his father were here present and informed of the prejudice redounding to the lieges by this register and witness to that resentment of the grievance and burden apprehended by the estates through this register, he is confident that his father would willingly discharge the register and assent to the article. The articles ordain Master John Skene to keep a register of such comprisings as require the approbation of the session and find no necessity that the same be registered in [Sir John Hay of Bara], clerk register, his register; but for all comprisings of reversions and legally which are not approved by the lords of session, ordain the same to be registered in the clerk of register's register, not at length but compendiously by way of minute or abbreviate containing the name of the compriser, the heads of the writs comprised, the debt whereupon it is deduced and the date of the comprising and denunciation, the messenger and clerk, the benefits whereof shall be due to the clerk register or his deputes. And for the price of the said registration, appoint the committee for the book of rates to determine the same.
Act discharging the patent of tobacco read, voted and passed in articles.
†Act against leasing makers between the king and his subjects and judges committing iniquity, ordains the acts formerly made against leasing makers between the king and his subjects to be revived under such pain as the estates shall think expedient.
Act discharging particular commissions of justiciary and lieutenancy read in articles, who ordained the abuses of these commissions to be represented to his majesty in all humility by [John Stewart, earl of Traquair], the lord commissioner's grace, and that his majesty may be supplicated to grant the like commissions only upon necessary and weighty causes and to endure only during the time of necessity. Thereafter the act delivered to [Sir George Stirling], laird of Keir to be advised and reformed.